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I, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, Governor of Bayelsa, on behalf of the Government, Chiefs and God fearing people of Bayelsa State, most graciously welcome Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God and other Anointed Servants of God to Bayelsa State on the occasion of the 10th anniversary celebration of […]

Newcross Petroleum Limited, the Operator of OPL 283 (formerly OML56) and its partner, Rayflosh Petroleum, under a Production Sharing Contract with NNPC (as the concessionaire), has announced the Efe discovery with the support of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). According to Mr. Evi Otobo of the Exploration Unit, […]

The Lagos State Government late Wednesday announced the establishment of an emergency alert following the outbreak of cholera in some of local government areas of the state, saying three people had been killed by the disease. The State Government said since it heard of the outbreak, it has been doing everything possible to curb the spread of […]

A fresh application for stay of proceedings in the trial of former Chairman of the Federal House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Subsidy Probe, Farouk Lawan and Secretary, Boniface Emenalo was on Wednesday dismissed by an Abuja High Court. The court rejected a similar application by the accused — Lawan and Emenalo, who are […]

   Time flies. Seventy years ago this prestigious club was founded. Much has happened since then. As a nation, we gained our independence. It was a happy and hopeful day.  Since then, most of the years have been spent squandering the chances wrought by independence. The nation has cried more than its share of tears. […]

The family of late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu have told his wife, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, to provide evidence of her legal marriage to the late warlord to warrant having a stake in the transport company and his estate, which are a subject of dispute. In a statement of defence filed before Justice […]

It appears there is no limit to the odium Nigerians would endure in the hands of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan; again in the news for the wrong reasons. The decision by the First Lady to receive an honorary doctorate degree in faraway South Korea, even as Nigeria’s public universities remained shut down, for […]

As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continue with its nationwide protests over the lingering industrial action embarked upon by lecturers, the Police in Ondo State have warned the union branch in the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State against embarking on its planned protest on Thursday. Since last week, some branches have been […]

Eleven out of the 36 states of the federation have rejected the proposed National Conference announced by President Goodluck Jonathan on Independence Day, saying they would boycott the process and the dialogue itself. The states are Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Edo, Imo, Nasarawa, Borno, Yobe and Zamfara, all controlled by the All Progressives Congress […]

Prominent human and social rights activist, Shehu Sanni on Wednesday evening described the proposed national conference as a political chess game meant to blackmail a set of Nigerians, as the report of the dialogue and contributions from people are sure to end up in the hands of traders selling bean cakes. Sanni, the president of […]

Many Nigerians have thanked President Goodluck Jonathan after October 1st he agreed that Nigerians have to talk in a conference, otherwise called National Conference, and dialogue on ways to move the country forward. Others have as well, reviled him, for agreeing for the conference. The Federal Government had hence set up an advisory committee and […]

After repeatedly ignoring public condemnation on the recent purchase of two bulletproof cars for Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah at the cost of N225m, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated a three-man committee to investigate the matter. The committee, christened Administrative Panel of Inquiry, will be chaired by immediate past Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), […]